Hozs offers to help carry things and loads the heavy bars into his pack. He hardly notices the extra weight, much like he does not notice the logic in waitng or any protestations.
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"I'll try." No magic, just good, quality dwarf-made items.
Actually the mithral shirt can be adjusted to fit either small or medium sized characters, take about 15 minutes to adjust it, it is currently set up for medium. And the dagger is sized for a small character.Also I forgot, there are 2 handaxes(medium sized), one cold iron and one made of the strange hybrid metal as the shield (counts as adamantine for hardness and stuff like the +1 to hit and damage, weighs the same as normal weapon due to the lighter mithral alloy in it.)
Boxes and barrels are opened, most of which contain long-forgotten and age-ruined stores.....work implements, rotted leather in bulk, bolts of sturdy canvas covered in mold and rot, etc....except for one long box buried under barrels in the left rear corner of the tower.
The upper area of the tower, once the failing stairs are navigated, opens to the sky, cobwebs and husks of spider-sheddings are everywhere, but there is nothing else of interest up here......except for some spideregg-sacks.....a future swarm in the making. The first floor of the tower is free of dangers and appears to have been a storeroom. Crates, barrels and boxes are stacked throughout, covered in a thick layer of dust and old leaves.
It appears clear of threats in the room....just a bunch of old crates and barrels and such...and a lot of dust and debris near the base of the stairs that head upwards.
A few moments of work and the mass of spiders is consumed in a pool of fire. No immediate threats are visible. So....whassup?
Effan's magics have drained the energy from the swarm, causing them to fall unconcious and rain down off of their two victims like a rain of.....well, spiders. A few random spiders skitter off but without the cohesion of a swarm they are just individual common spiders.
The remaining larger spider(s?) retreat back up into the webbing along the ceiling. The swarm of spiders however, roll over Hozs like a wave of legs, biting and scratching him viciously. (3 damage and make a fort save dc11 or take 2 strength damage. on Hozs' turn make a dc11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round.) Oh yeah, you take the same as Keegan.
The spiders run amok on Keegan, crawling into every gap in his clothing, trying to enter ears, nostrils, mouth, etc....biting every bit of flesh they find....
Party's turn!!
Jaden and Faldor are up then the itsy-bitsy spiders crawl up in Keegan's pant-legs!
The swarm writhes in anguish as Keegan's flaming spittle singes the arachnids. The area where the oil lands burns lightly, a prolonged area of flame that licks at the swarm....The 8-legged vermin, now reduced in number, are scrambling to exit the area of the burn and surge towards Keegan... Spot check DC15- Spoiler: A couple of dog-sized spiders scramble out of the broken tower's roof and disappear out of sight, presumably out into the surrounding wilds to escape the fire and smoke and steel.
You spent last round getting them out....they are in hand to do with as you please....
Keegan, Effan and Abe are up!
The remaining larger spider(s?) retreat back up into the webbing along the ceiling. The swarm of spiders however, roll over Hozs like a wave of legs, biting and scratching him viciously. (3 damage and make a fort save dc11 or take 2 strength damage. on Hozs' turn make a dc11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round.)
The bugs all momentarily recoil from the images, allowing Abe and Jaden to beat a hasty retreat, but without heat from the lights it looks to be a temporary reprieve.... Morganst than the vermin all eat you guys......I mean get their turn.
The swarm appears to take no noticable damage from Hozs' strikes. Jaden, Morganst and Faldor your turns....
If he hurries.....I will post the next thing in the A.M.....
Somebody wanna NPC Keegan?
Jaden- 25
Jaden and Faldor leap to the attack and manage to fell the 8-legged monstrousity as 2 more of the creature drop down from the ceiling looking for blood. Morganst manages to hit one with an attack as it drops to attack Jaden but doesn't stop it from trying to hit as the other spider lands before Abe and attacks. Both of the creatures miss, but all of the party members in the tower see another threat.....out of the stairwell a writhing mass of hundreds of tiny spiders begins to spill down the stairs....a spider swarm!
initiative please?
Somehow Abe manages to open the door while holding reins and a warhammer and blunders into the dark room beyond the door. The 15'X15' room is dusty and dry, barrels and crates dominate most of the interior except for the area that Abe and his mount move into and the western wall, which has a stone railing and stairs leading up.
Roll initiative!
*Does the old pointing from his eyes to EMS's eyes and back again.....*
Morganst seems to have some difficulty with the lock, despite his initial confidence, but after spending a couple moments at it the well-crafted lock finally gives way....(I took the liberty of a take 20).
Nothing can be heard through the door and no magic is detected upon the door or in the general vicinity. The lock is built into the door very well.....
Map of site.
This is a correct assertion, Wolf-room collapsed stairs going down, Armory had a secret door, and the unexplored tower.
"Yessir. R'member kids, out here, there's all kinds-like o' trouble, see? But everything down there in the dark has t' fit throughways the door."
The party approaches their destination by late afternoon and half of the lizardfolk warriors break off from the group to do some recon and look to take out any Kobold lookouts. They return after half an hour with news that they took out 2 pairs of kobold lookouts in the area and found fresh tracks from a recruiting squad of kobolds leading NorthWest from the ruins.
During the evening's dinner and afterward into the early evening, a couple of the lizardfolk take the opportunity to relate stories of the dwarves that used to dwell within Droskar's Crag, and the two cities of the dwarves that lived worked and eventually died on The Crag. Jernashall, a totally below ground city (except for it's massive gates)where the dwarves toiled and labored to draw precious ores from the mountainous volcano, confident that their engineering precautions would keep them protected if the mountain erupted, and the surface city of Raseri Kanton, the dwarves' merchant haven city that was the hub of trade for the dwarven wares created in Jernashall, allowing humans, elves, and other humanoids access to the well-crafted dwarven items.
The evening passes uneventfully and the party moves on with the dawn, drawing ever closer to it's destination.
Eventually the party is led back down to the forest floor, on the opposite side of the river, ready to continue on to the ruined dwarven monastery. Six of the lizardfolk melt into the surrounding woods, scouting about the group, while two take point positions to lead the party to it's destination and the remaining two take up the rear guard positions.
A small squad of 10 lizardfolk join you after resting and re-equipping leading your party up into the trees and along the interwoven pathways that lie hidden in the mid-regions of the tall forest trees surrounding the river. Shops, dwellings and other sights typical of a normal town can be seen nestled amongst the branches and boughs of the giant trees, at one with the natural order around them.
LOL!
Only one item each I'm afraid.
If you want the arrows you would take all of whatever type you choose. Don't forget though, only one magic item each. And to everyone, don't forget that you can replace one other weapon with a Masterwork weapon and your regular armor with a masterwork version (if it isn't metal).
Yes, they would. Any spell that does Hit point damage to any number of targets. Entangling Fireball sound cool?
Nope, only with spells. And it's only one glove.
Bracers of Entangling Blast- 3x/day activate (swift action) to have a spell do 1/2 damage, however any creature damaged by spell is entangled for 1d3 rounds, taking an additional 1 damage per spell level, per round entangled on the caster's turn. Cape of the Viper- Has 3 charges/day renewed at dawn (swift action to use), spending charges turns the wearer into a viper for 7 rounds as follows:
{I saved the best for last, Shiny!}
Not very close to leveling. Yet.
The Leader takes the party over to the treasury to help them pick out some gear for their quest, leading them down into a tree trunk, to a winding tunnel that leads deep under the river judging by the direction taken. The treasury is quite well stocked and a bit of a surprise to the group. There are a good amount of masterwork weapons and armor of small and medium size, although metal armors are looking scarce.
Treasury-
All special items can be enchanted to be either small or medium sized by one of the lizardfolk mystics for free.
Sethis, the Talon leader, arrives shortly after. The lizardfolk warrior that was speaking with the group steps up to him and exchanges some words with him in their native language, then the warrior heads off quickly.
Spoiler:
Warrior basically outlined the story of events at Elara's and the T-Leader gave him authority to gather a squad and some workers to set up an outpost close to Elara's place to help protect them and offer more mundane assistance. The Talon Leader then turns to the group and addresses them, "My friendssss! It isss good to ssssee you all again, and to thossse I haven't known before, welcome to our town. We have been trying to watch the ruinssss for more of the ssssmall-sscalykindsss activity but it hasss been difficult with the dissstance between there and here. We have dissscovered from the Kobold you left with usss that hisss group isss trying to weaken the human-town and fill their own rankssss until they are sssstrong enough to desstroy the humans. My sssscoutsss have reported that koboldsss from other sssmall tribesss are being brought into the ruinssss at a ssslow rate, jussst a few at a time. We esssstimate the number of recruitssss to be sssmall at thisss time, only about 25 or sso recruits. We expeccct that number to risssse to around 30-35 by the time you can get to the ruinsss, in addition to the original tribe of 20 or sssso. The captive ssspoke of a leader that hasss rissssen, a new King of the Koboldsss. He can't be permitted to gain much more power or he sssshall be a threat to all in the area, including my town.
I would like to also offer sssome assssistance in the form of accesssss to ssome itemsss of power that my folk have acquired over the agesss. I will take you to the treasssury and allow you each to choosssse one item to help in your quessst. You may keep thissss item if the king isss killed, and the threat removed. What sssay you all?
"Divine Droppingssss, a Were-creature?! At Elara'ssss! We must take actionsss to prevent her from sssssuch problemssss in the future. I will ssssuggest to Talon Leader Sssethissss that we sssshould man a ssssmall outpost near her to help protect her and to offer more asssssissssstanccce. Besidessss it will give usss an excusssse to be around to help her out more...." he states.
"Wasss it the ssssame assss the one in your human-town? The damned koboldssss tainted Elara'sss well alssso?"
"Dark cloud? Of what do you ssspeak? Ssshe and the newtsss were fine sssseveral weeksss ago when we lassst visssited with her." he says with what looks like concern on his face.
"Elara, yessss. Ssshe is a lovely human woman. Ssshe hassss ssssuch a good way about her and is a blesssssing to thossse kidssss. How doessss sssshe and the child-humanssss fair?" |